Question

Alex has 48 candies with him which he has to distribute among 10 of his friends. About how many candies will each of his friends get if he wants to divide them almost equally?

• A. 5
• B. 6
• C. 7
• D. 8

Answer 1

The correct option is A 5

Since we want an estimate of the number of candies each friend we will get, we can first round off 48 to the nearest tens, that is,
48 can be rounded off to 50.
Approximate number of candies each friend will get = 50÷10

= 5 candies.
Option A is the answer.